Fundamentals of Photography: S291
3 Credits, Summer Session I
Monday-Thursday 9.30-12.15
Instructor: Alexis Culver
Course Description:
This is a basic “tool-skills” course, whose aim is to help the student
develop practical control over the black and white photographic process, as
well as a degree of independence from further instruction and
misinformation in the form of manufacturer’s advertising.
Practice training and some theoretical information is given in the
problems of exposure of photographic field and paper, film
development, enlargement (printing) contrast control and presentation.
Aesthetic considerations are discussed to the extent that the
particular course population warrants, in that students are drawn from
all areas of the Arts and Sciences as well as most of the Professional
Schools, and are by no means exclusively Fine Arts majors. More
of this is done on an individual basis, to cater to the diversity of
interest; an attempt is made to match further individualized
instruction to the needs and applicational interests of the students.
Important areas discussed are camera controls, the lens and light,
shutters, light metering, film exposure, depth of field, contrast,
bracketing, developing, printing, and materials and chemicals.
The format of the classes includes explanation, discussion,
demonstration, approximately an hour of lecture plus discussion and
four hours of supervised laboratory per week; plus out-of-class
photographing.
A personal camera is required, 35mm with manual control.
A lab fee is charged. Please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~blbursar
for fee information.
